Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-22
A BLOODY BATTLE.
a Vigilance Committee 0YertRkes Bud
Trainers Band Of Outlaws in
the Indian Territory.
A Desperate Fight Ensues Across a River
In Which Eight Visilantes are killed
and Many Wounded.

WEwoKA, l. T., Oct. 2l.-On Thursday
desperate fight took place on the North
Fork of the Arkansas river between the
Bud Trader gang Of outlaws and
q vigilance committee under the
leadership of Robert Henderson,
which had followed the outlaws
from Buckworth's store in the Creek
natiop, on which they made a raid
Wednesday last. It seems that the out
| laws, fading the force which was after
them, decided to risk an encounter, and
made haste to reach the river where they
could ind shelter behind trees and In the
| rAvines which line the banks on either
side. In this they succeeded, so that when
the vigilance committee arrived they were
| for the time st the mercy Of two
score of men who knew not what mercy
was. Henderson took his men short
| distance up the river to fording place
and crossed and ook up position on
| the other side of the stream from the out
laws and where his men were
as well protected as Trainers men. The
river at this point Is only about
100 yards wide and across this distance,
from Thursday morning until that night,
bullets were singing on their mission Of
desth. When the vigilsntes had succeeded
in obtaining this position they found they
had lost three men, and had two seriously
wounded. AS Trainer found his enemy in
the rear on the opposite side of the river,
ne sent half of his men down
stream to cross and come up
the other side, lighting under
cover of the trees. In the coup d'etat
they were surprised by the avengers, who
met them half way and opened fire upon
them, checking their course and driving
them back. Ia endeavering to rally his
men Bill Chuel was killed, and before the
river could be reforded John Lee, the chief
OF the robber gang, was shot off his
horse, but not killed. The fight from
| this on was continued across the stream,
the banks Of which were lined with
sharpshooters. No sooner Wac d head,
arm or any part offs body visible on either
side than g leSden bullet WAS seek
ing to find Judgement therein. As
Thursday night was coming on Hender-
son called his men in consultation, when
IL was found that of his forces eight men
were killed and eight others mad received
serious wounds. The force was in this
way reduced one-hslf, and it was thought
best to remove the wounded
and 60 back home and stir up reinforce
ments. The dead were buried and the
wounded brought here, where it Was
found, after dressing their wounds, they
were sbleito return home with the rest
OF the party. II is thought as
msny Of the outlaws were killed as of the
pursuing party, though this will never be
known. Henderson says he will collect
100 men and follow the robbers to hades
if necessary, but that he will wipe them
out.
The following are killed:
j. E. Saunders, Oaks, Cherokee nation,
shot through the head.
T. Fourmiile, Garfield, Cherokee nation,
shot through the body.
Bedrock Chaplin, Sukfa, Choctsw na-
ton, shot five places.
Bushy Sskssaw, Patrick, Cherokee nR-
ton, shot through the body.
Chief PARA, Oaks, Cherokee nation,
shot in the head.
S. E, EIleter, Euisula, Greek nation,
shot twice IN the body.
Walter Ainsworth, ranger, from near
Muskogee.
Darling Price, settler, from Camp
creek, Cherokee nation.